API Meter
Per-customer API usage analytics: sign up, get ingest snippets, read usage by customer and endpoint.
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"api-meter": {
"url": "https://api-meter-lab.pages.dev/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://api-meter-lab.pages.dev/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (4)
🟡create_account(email, api_name, origin_url)
Sign up an API for API Meter (free to 250K requests/month). Returns the slug, ingest key, dashboard key and proxy URL. Keys are shown once: store them. Limited to 5 signups per hour per network.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"email": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Contact email for the API owner (stored hashed)"
},
"api_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "API name, 2-60 chars"
},
"origin_url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Public https origin of the API, e.g. https://api.example.com"
}
},
"required": [
"email",
"api_name",
"origin_url"
]
}🟢get_ingest_snippet(framework, slug)
Copy-paste server code that reports each request (method, route, status, latency, customer, plan) to API Meter. Batched, fail-open, never blocks your API.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"framework": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"express",
"hono",
"fastapi",
"flask",
"django",
"go",
"curl"
]
},
"slug": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: your slug, filled into the snippet"
}
},
"required": [
"framework"
]
}🟢get_usage(slug, dashboard_key, month, group_by, limit)
Monthly (UTC) usage for one API, grouped by customer, endpoint or plan. Includes an agent bucket: requests whose plan label ends in '-agent' (AI agent / bot traffic, counted and billed like any request).
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"dashboard_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "msd_... key from signup"
},
"month": {
"type": "string",
"description": "YYYY-MM, default current UTC month"
},
"group_by": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"customer",
"endpoint",
"plan"
],
"default": "customer"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 200,
"default": 25
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"dashboard_key"
]
}🟢export_usage(slug, dashboard_key, month, view, format)
Billing-ready monthly usage rows (same as /api/export): view=detail (customer x plan x method x endpoint) or view=customers. Returns JSON rows, or CSV text with format=csv.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"dashboard_key": {
"type": "string"
},
"month": {
"type": "string"
},
"view": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"detail",
"customers"
],
"default": "detail"
},
"format": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"json",
"csv"
],
"default": "json"
}
},
"required": [
"slug",
"dashboard_key"
]
}Community
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